Celebrity Life
WondaGurl, a.k.a. Ebony Oshunrinde — Future 25
The young producer, who's behind hundreds of tracks for the likes of Drake and Travis Scott, is an outlier in the music industry in every way
Neil Jacobson, Head of TMAC the SPAC — Future 25
“I don't think people have realized how much the tech community has deconstructed the creation of music,” says the music salesman, who is now gearing up to acquire entire music companies
CreateSafe Founders Daouda Leonard and Jonathan Tanners — Future 25
The duo made the Record Deal Simulator, a deceptively simple, Pandora's-box-opening website that lets artists predict their leverage with record labels
Universal Music’s Branding Guru LJ Gutierrez — Future 25
“The frozen pizza industry has just skyrocketed through Covid!" muses the branding star, who orchestrates wildly inventive partnerships for everyone from Billie Eilish to Post Malone
Henderson Cole, Champion of State-Sponsored Streaming — Future 25
An entertainment attorney has put forth a bold new proposal of a government-run streaming service. The music industry — reeling from the embattled pandemic year — may just be on board
‘Color Me Country’ Host Rissi Palmer — Future 25
“I don’t want anybody to die feeling like they’re forgotten and that they don’t matter," says the Apple Music host, who spotlights overlooked artists of color in country music
IFPI Director of Litigation Melissa Morgia — Future 25
The efforts to combat the music industry's “unfortunate blight” of streaming manipulation have fallen to a woman unafraid of battle
Rapper and Entrepreneur Lil Yachty — Future 25
The rapper once crowned "King of the Teens" is now building an empire out of Twitch, Discord, and crypto
RAC, the Artist, Producer, and Creator of $RAC — Future 25
The tech-obsessed RAC went from making mixtapes out of radio broadcasts to becoming the music industry's go-to crypto expert
Powerhouse Songwriter Madison Love — Future 25
The smash-hit writer conceived a four-times-platinum song while still a student at NYU, “typing back and forth with the writers during my physics class"
Lena Waithe, Actor, Screenwriter, and Now Label Boss — Future 25
"I really miss watching an artist and their albums shift and change with each one," says the filmmaker, who will seek out artists with rich personal stories in her new role heading a record label
Asylum Records’ President Dallas Martin — Future 25
David Geffen's legacy label has a new chief, who's got a nose for hugely promising rap and R&B records